{ I"dless, I"dlesse } (?), n. Idleness. [Archaic] "In ydlesse."
Spenser.
And an idlesse all the day Beside a wandering stream.
Mrs. Browning.
I"dly (?), adv. In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily;
carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.
Id"o*crase (d"*krs; 277), n. [Gr. e'i^dos form + kra^sis mixture, fr.
keranny`nai to mix; cf. F. idocrase.] (Min.) Same as Vesuvianite.
I"dol (?), n. [OE. idole, F. idole, L. idolum, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?;
that which is seen, the form, shape, figure, fr. &?; to see. See Wit,
and cf. Eidolon.] 1. An image or representation of anything. [Obs.]
Do her adore with sacred reverence, As th' idol of her maker's
great magnificence.
Spenser.
2. An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any
other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a
similitude of a false god.
That they should not worship devils, and idols of gold.
Rev. ix. 20.
3. That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set;
an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or
adored.
The soldier's god and people's idol.
Denham.